Business and Economy

The Minister of Domestic Trade, Mary Blanca Ortega Barredo said on Monday in Havana that one of the main reasons the island is hosting the First Trade Convention is due to the need to implement public policies to promote development in the country and well-being to its citizens. Read More

The 37th edition of the International Tourism Fair "FitCuba 2017" foresees today a tour of Cayo Saetía, a tourist destination considered as the largest hunting ground in the country with a wide variety of species. Read More

Cuba’s Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero presented on Tuesday in Holguin, the town of Gibara as a tourism destination. Gibara has been the target of an investment program for over five years improving its parks, squares and increasing its hotel capacity. Read More

After a brief evaluation of the behavior of the Economy Plan during the first quarter of this year, Ricardo Cabrisas, Cuba´s Minister of Economy and Planning, presented the proposal of guidelines for the elaboration of the Plan of the Economy and the Budget of the State for 2018, in which it was considered to consolidate and guarantee the continuity and sustainability of what was approved in the 2017 Plan. Read More

The issue of economic damages caused to the country by irregularities in foreign trade operations returned to the agenda of the meeting of the Council of Ministers, this time with problems reported or identified during 2016. Read More

Some 210,000 tonnes of charcoal shipped Ciego de Ávila to Europe in just over a decade with the aim of improving the Cuban economy and increasing financial capacity for industrial plans and agriculture. Read More

The Food Production Company (PRODAL), in this capital, has opened a modern sausage production plant, which makes possible to substitute imports and deliver a larger volume of food to the population. Read More

Ciego de Ávila Liquors and Beverages Company (EMBER) put into production a new line of refined rum, gold and silver dry, with the brand name La Palma, that will hit the shelves throughout Cuba next May. Read More